So I thought I could make one of these threads as well to show some of the stuff I've made. The bad and the good. Any pointers, tips or general feedback is greatly appreciated. If you just want to mock me for being bad, that's also okay
Songs are sorted by date added Reflective (Flashback) This was meant for a sad flashback in the game, but the flashback wasn't sad enough to fit with this song : ) It's written by Jacob Sternborn
A Life Beneath (Not finished) This one is still in progress. I'm not super happy with how the piano sounds. Mostly because I don't like Fruity loops standard piano samples. Other than that, It's quite okay. It's written by Jacob Sternborn
A Life Beneath(Finished) This is the finished version of the main theme of Beneath. It's written by Jacob Sternborn
A Piano-focused piece This is a piece I quickly whipped up to try different sounds with my new Piano VSTi. The concert piano might not sound super together with the percussion, but it had to do for the moment. The song is written poorly by Jacob Sternborn
Steady March Here's something I made after getting more used to the new piano sounds I got. Written by Jacob Sternborn
Mastering Agony This piece was written for one of the more powerful scenes of Beneath, it might feel a bit repetetive, I don't know. What do y'all think? It's written by Jacob Sternborn
Recreation This is after disastrous scene in Grace. Written by Jacob Sternborn
A Planned Death I "doodled" a bit. This piece wasn't made specifically for anything :>
Waging War I wrote this for the competition on R3. The theme was symphonic orchestra. It got 2nd place
Don't Look Back A very upbeat march-inspired symphonic piece.
Woodlands This one was made for RRR Exclusive resources.
A beat, bit by bit. I found a few VSTs and dabbled around a bit, tried a few sounds, whipped this up in 10 mins-ish.
The Dwarven Forge The Dwarves rallies to the sound of the march-like brass echoing through the great halls. It can be heard all the way to the Great Forge. The smiths bash their hammer to the rythm to keep the working spirit up.
Enchanted Meadow It's quite short, but just as the other ones, it loops very well. Download is enabled here as well.
A Slow Day This was meant for a forest village. But I suppose it could be used anywhere it fits really. Download is enabled.
Perspectives of Sacrifices This is for Beneath. It's meant to portray the loss of something important for a greater cause.
Darker Recreation This is a darker version of Recreation. It's used in the first important boss fight in Beneath
Never yield The original title was "War" and that's the scenario it tries to paint. It still needs some work, but I can't say I feel like spending more time on it at the moment.
Obsessed This is written for a certain scene/plot twist taking place in Chapter 4 in Redland.
Ostinati-Classical Inspired A piano-only piece that was made more like an experiment rather than a full song. Hence it's length.
Funk n' Death I've grown weary of RPG-style fully orchestrated themes and I started working with other instruments. I have a few tracks similar to this one in the works. It mixes some elements of jazz/funk with more traditional sounds. It should be an insteresting listen.
Killed by Curiousity This was an attempt at making a freaky/creepy song, while keeping a very melodic feel. I intentionally avoided dissonance, with the exception of tritonus, of course! Not sure what I think about it yet, as the only sound samples I found for the voices/tools were different qualities, hopefully it's not too noticeable.
Love to hear what you guys think!
This post has been edited by Stern: Apr 14 2012, 07:30 AM
I suppose the first battle theme felt... loose, I suppose? I would try and clip the attack times on some of the background instruments, if that's possible. Also, I would add a bit more stuff to the first song - it was mainly a few spiccatto string arpeggios and some background sounds.
The second battle theme was really the better of the two. It had a lot more stuff going on, and was a bit nicer.
The Valatus theme was pretty imperial, with a good mellow horn-based melody. I liked it! Reflective was pretty brilliant, but I would try to create a "strumming" effect with the harp's chords. You could probably do this with grace notes or, if you're using a sequencer that favors piano roll over traditional sheet music format, some 64th notes. All the other tracks were very good in particular.
As a general note, every single percussion sample I heard was General MIDI. I don't like General MIDI, especially when it's put into a song that has brillaint samples for all the melodic instruments. It might take a bit of cash on your part, but I would go and find some quality timpani, snare drum, and drum kit samples - FL Studio's default setup comes with all the samples of those you'll ever need (8 drum kits!), save for the snare drum.
I hope to see more of this from you guys - it's good stuff!
This post has been edited by TheBen: Apr 6 2011, 08:07 AM
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